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  2. Lead paint - Wikipedia

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    In 2018 the State of Delaware banned the use of lead paint on outdoor structures. [36] Also, the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act (a.k.a. the "Lead Paint Act") was created in order to ensure that the disclosure of any lead-based hazards in a building be discussed with potential buyers or renters of units.

  3. Lead-based paint in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The District of Columbia defines "lead-based paint" as any "paint, surface coating that contains lead equal to or exceeding 0.7 milligram per square centimeter (0.7 mg/cm2) or 0.5% by weight." [9] This is more stringent than the HUD lead-based paint standard of 1.0 mg/cm2) . Some states have adopted this or similar definitions of "lead-based ...

  4. Lead-based paint in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Most lead-based paint in the United Kingdom were banned from sale to the general public in 1992, except for specialist uses. Prior to this, lead compounds had been used as the pigment and drying agent in different types of paint, for example brick and some tile paints. Lead-based paint has been an important cause of lead poisoning.

  5. Your home could contain dangerous lead paint: How to find out

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    The older your home is, such as a home from the 1930s, the more likely it is to contain lead-based paint. Edmonds says the risks occur primarily in areas with daily friction — such as a closet ...

  6. How to test for lead paint in your home and what to do if you ...

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    Lead was often mixed into oil-based paints before 1978, the year lead paint was banned for residential use in the U.S. Over time, oil-based paints will crack in a distinctive alligator scale-like ...

  7. EPA finalizes stricter rules targeting ‘scourge’ of lead ...

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    Any level of lead paint dust in is considered hazardous, according to new requirements for identifying and cleaning up the harmful dust in certain homes and child-care facilities across the ...

  8. Lead abatement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Lead paint removal can cost 8 to 15 dollars per square foot. [1] A kit offered by the EPA containing lead test costs 25 dollars. [2] After a house has been discovered to contain lead, its owner has four options they can pursue to prevent lead poisoning: they can encapsulate it, enclose it, remove it or replace the contaminated items.

  9. The Courier Journal's five-part series -- A Heavy Burden -- examines the lingering effects of lead paint on some Louisville neighborhoods and the efforts to finally address the problem.